📚 noun • entry_id 45186
Judas tree
Meanings (ES + gloss)
algarrobo loco • arjorán • ciclamor • árbol de Judas • árbol del amor
A small deciduous tree, Cercis siliquastrum, noted for its prolific display of deep-pink flowers in spring.
The Spaniards and Portuguese title the siliquastrum the lovely tree, or tree of love; and we call it Judas tree, from a tradition, that it was the tree Judas hanged himself upon.
[…] children, drawing water, Looked up and paused to see, Amid the apple branches, A purple Judas tree.
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